SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 18 May-2021

May . 18 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 7/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt 20.6 34.6 36.6 38.6 42.8 47.5 40.4 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0 50.0 % of GDP EU 27 Ireland Romania Malta Bulgaria Lithuania Latvia Estonia Portugal Slovakia Cyprus Czechia Poland Hungary Spain Slovenia Croa�a Luxembourg Greece Netherlands Germany Finland Austria Italy Sweden Belgium France Denmark In 2020, Portugal kept a tax burden significantly lower than the European Union average: -3.8 percentage points. Tax burden in the EU27 countries in 2020 More information available at: Tax revenue statistics - 2020 (11 May 2021) The CPI year-on-year rate of change increased to 0.6% Consumer Price Index In April 2021, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered the following year-on-year rates of change: • Total CPI: 0.6% (0.5% in the previous month); • Core inflation indicator (total index excluding unprocessed food and energy): 0.1%, (identical value in the previous month); • Unprocessed food products index: -1.1% (1.3% in the previous month); • Energy products index: 8.1% (2.4% in the previous month). Consumer price and core inflation indices (year-on-year rate of change and 12-month moving average) -0.05% 0.55% 0.10% -1.0% -0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5% Apr-17 Jul-17 Oct-17 Jan-18 Apr-18 Jul-18 Oct-18 Jan-19 Apr-19 Jul-19 Oct-19 Jan-20 Apr-20 Jul-20 Oct-20 Jan-21 Apr-21 CPI (12-month moving average) CPI (year-on-year rate of change) Core Infla�on (year-on-year rate of change)